1/27/11

Girl have you lost your mind?
No I haven't lost my mind...yet.
Yes, I have cabin fever; a bad case of it actually. And yes, these taste friggin amazing.
Does it sound gross? Of course it does! If it didn't then why on earth would I make it?
I used those Snyder-that-can-crack-your-teeth-pretzels. Hubby asked me to buy them for him, I did, they sat there for a couple days. Afraid I would eat them in one sitting during one of our many thousand snowstorms we've had already, I went ahead and used them so I wouldn't eat them, but then ate them anyways because they are in another form now. Makes sense right?
This recipe sounds gross and all, but in all honesty its not. You don't taste the bbq.
What you taste is the twang of the pretzels that pairs very well with the pb and chocolate. I think you could use any pretzel you like, but I doubt ranch flavored would work well.
I did NOT write this recipe down, but I think I remembered everything as I happily went along.
With that said, PLEASE taste-test as you go along just in case I did forget something.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease up an 8 by 8 inch brownie pan (I used non stick spray). Melt the other half stick of butter for the pretzels in a pan. In a bowl mix the melted butter and pretzels. Press them evenly into the prepared brownie pan. Bake in preheated oven for about 15 minutes or until set. Do NOT let this brown!
Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle on the ¼ cup of milk chocolates; let them melt on their own then take a spatula and spread as evenly as you can without moving the pretzels. Let cool and harden.
Combine the brown sugar, confectioners' sugar, 1/2 room temp butter, peanut butter, and pinch of salt in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Blend until smooth. If you want to add in cocktail peanuts, this would be the time.
Dump the mixture out into the cooled pan & press it down, making it an even as possible.
Melt the chocolates & 2 TB of butter in a double boiler, or in a heat-proof bowl set over simmering water. Stir occasionally to combine and get nice and glossy.
Spread the melted chocolate over the peanut butter base & smooth out the surface. I like to let my pan sit at room temp for about an hour, then put in fridge to finish hardening. Once chocolate is set. Simply run a slim/skinny knife around edges to loosen. Invert the pan onto large plate/platter. You can either serve this pretzel side up or down.
You will need a very sharp knife to cut through the hard chocolate. Be careful.

60 comments:

Oh my gosh- Josh is the same way!I'm like how can you have one tiny tiny piece of something so delicious? Amazing self control I guess! These definitely sound unique. I think its the bbq part that makes me go hmmmm. I would have to give them a taste test ;)

Oh my... this looks like HEAVEN to me! I am a huge snack eater. I am definitly not the type to eat just one chip! Ugh... I really wish I had that kind of discipline though. I truly believe in moderation~ it's the key! Thank you for sharing this!

I'm literally drooling. I'm a huge fan of salty and sweet. Over at Cookie Madness she has this thing called Frito Candy with pretzels and Fritos... yeah amazing. This kind of reminds me of that. Must try soon.

This is just insane. I love it. I wonder if you'll be baking as much when you move back here though. I just don't understand those one-chip people. I'm like that with desserts, but with chips I want the whole bag!

Sounds like a fascinating recipe...and I'll probably try to make it. But I had to tell you that you should cherish the husband who can eat one chip and make the rest last till 2087 because you could of had one like mine who would eat the entire bag in front of me when I was trying to "diet" and smack his lips and say how good they were and generally behaved like an a$$ :)

you are unbelievable. you have created something out of my most favorite things...I absolutely love those bbq pretzels and won't let myself buy them unless I just plan on eating whole bag in one sitting. And pairing up with PB/Choc? AHmazing.

Oh my gosh, no way, I can't believe a recipe like this exists. It sounds so out of this world and yet so delicious at the same time. You've come up with a masterpiece. I have a huge linky party going on at my blog right now specifically for sweet treats and I'd like to invite you to stop by and link this incredible creation up.

ommmnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnom X a million. I' was perusing your blog for a treat to make for my lovely coworker who covered for me when sick. Since hes a dude......and he likes pb and choco...and prolly bbq anything....I think I have HIT THE JACKPOT. I'm totally making these. Thanks for all the crazy combos you make. You have become one of my most favoritest food bloggers out there!

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